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Book Surprises 2014
I have far from read all the books of 2014, but of the bunch I have read, I've had some WONDERFUL reads.
I just wanted to jot some of my faves down. Of course, there are heaps more I enjoyed, but these are ones that particularly stuck out.
Some of the books are older ones that I only discovered this year, they are jotted down too.
I look forward to checking other people's favorites and adding them to my to-read list for 2015 as well . . .
So first . . . seems I was/am on a bit of a historical trip this year. A lot of faves have ended up from this genre.
Joanna Chambers was a fab discovery! I adored the books above and her Introducing Mr. Winterbourne in the Another Place in Time anthology.
Ms. Chambers is my surprise of the year, and has very quickly made herself an auto-buy author! :D
Another awesome author discovery, and definitely a fave author, is Cornelia Grey!
I LOVED:
Then there's the awesomely talented historical writer Tamara Allen . . .
I REALLY must just stop here and thank Another Place in Time for making me aware of all this talent! (Best anthology of the year!)
Back to Tamara Allen -- I really got into her stuff, I'm a big fan of Slow Burn stories, and all these books had that element!
The Only Gold
These created a very visercal mood! But my favorite read of hers was:
This one was simply so much fun, and I loved the fun mystery in there. My only nag with these wonderful books is the very limited sex scenes. I wouldn't have minded just a bit more--I love slow-burn, but there should be a payoff for the wait. ;)
K.J. Charles, discovered last year, is just getting better and better! One of my standalone faves of the year is her
which hit a lot of my YEAH reading spots. ;) I also really enjoyed The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh in (again)
(See how awesome this antho is!!!)
T.J. Klune-- keeps me emotionally nourished with his stories. I read and loved
Sigh, this was just beautiful and I relished every moment of it.
Aleksandr Voinov--WHOA, this guy can write. Like, wow. Often dark, edgy, and a little off the norm for MM romance, he fills his stories with such amazing, flawed, fascinating characters. (He also wrote Deliverance in the aforementioned anthology!)
is my fave story of his so far, and I have a bunch of his other stuff on my Kindle to gobble up soon!
I can't wait for his Bird Book next year!
Ohhhh Jay Bell. Like, yeah . . . I was late to the show (as always), but I only stumbled over his Something Like . . . series this year, but it's right up my alley. I love YA, and his writing clicks with me on many levels. I think I've read nearly everything of his so far! I love it all.
,
,
Eli Easton struck gold with
Another of my top reads of the year. :)
Another fave was
Sweet and tender and just right. Sigh. Loved this.
And then my Secret Santa (who I still don't know, but am very thankful to) knocked it out of the park with this gift:
This is such a me book--emotional and touching, and I recommend it so hard. Unless you are pregnant, then wait. ;)
Wow, lol, realizing how many good books I read this year--and this isn't all of them. Ha!
Olley White is new to the MM writing scene and is an author going places! I've REALLY enjoyed her stuff, and can't wait for more.
is so much fun. Sweet, sexy, and slow-burn!
-- this one got me teary and emotional, and I loved every minute of it. Rowan Speedwell is another new-to-me author that a friend of mine urged me to try and boy am I glad I did.
On the Fan Fic side . . . my fave read was
.
Snarky and funny and Stiles is unbelievably daft r.e. his sexuality, but it cracked me up.
As for other YA books: I really got into
As for books for kids, my fave read to my son this year was:
Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock keep producing good quality and fun reading books.
So many talented authors! So many wonderful books. And these are just a few.
But I can't end this list without mentioning Natasha Snow, who has designed some of the BEST book covers in the MM genre this year. Just WOW. Such quality! Such an eye for design.
I wish I could link right to all of the covers she's designed because there are so many and are so wonderful. I'll settle for showcasing just a couple though:
(I know the last two are my own books, but I really LOVE the covers. Thank you, Natasha Snow!)
And that's it for 2014 in books this year. ;)
I just wanted to jot some of my faves down. Of course, there are heaps more I enjoyed, but these are ones that particularly stuck out.
Some of the books are older ones that I only discovered this year, they are jotted down too.
I look forward to checking other people's favorites and adding them to my to-read list for 2015 as well . . .
So first . . . seems I was/am on a bit of a historical trip this year. A lot of faves have ended up from this genre.
Joanna Chambers was a fab discovery! I adored the books above and her Introducing Mr. Winterbourne in the Another Place in Time anthology.
Ms. Chambers is my surprise of the year, and has very quickly made herself an auto-buy author! :D
Another awesome author discovery, and definitely a fave author, is Cornelia Grey!
I LOVED:
Then there's the awesomely talented historical writer Tamara Allen . . .
I REALLY must just stop here and thank Another Place in Time for making me aware of all this talent! (Best anthology of the year!)
Back to Tamara Allen -- I really got into her stuff, I'm a big fan of Slow Burn stories, and all these books had that element!
The Only Gold
These created a very visercal mood! But my favorite read of hers was:
This one was simply so much fun, and I loved the fun mystery in there. My only nag with these wonderful books is the very limited sex scenes. I wouldn't have minded just a bit more--I love slow-burn, but there should be a payoff for the wait. ;)
K.J. Charles, discovered last year, is just getting better and better! One of my standalone faves of the year is her
which hit a lot of my YEAH reading spots. ;) I also really enjoyed The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh in (again)
(See how awesome this antho is!!!)
T.J. Klune-- keeps me emotionally nourished with his stories. I read and loved
Sigh, this was just beautiful and I relished every moment of it.
Aleksandr Voinov--WHOA, this guy can write. Like, wow. Often dark, edgy, and a little off the norm for MM romance, he fills his stories with such amazing, flawed, fascinating characters. (He also wrote Deliverance in the aforementioned anthology!)
is my fave story of his so far, and I have a bunch of his other stuff on my Kindle to gobble up soon!
I can't wait for his Bird Book next year!
Ohhhh Jay Bell. Like, yeah . . . I was late to the show (as always), but I only stumbled over his Something Like . . . series this year, but it's right up my alley. I love YA, and his writing clicks with me on many levels. I think I've read nearly everything of his so far! I love it all.
,
,
Eli Easton struck gold with
Another of my top reads of the year. :)
Another fave was
Sweet and tender and just right. Sigh. Loved this.
And then my Secret Santa (who I still don't know, but am very thankful to) knocked it out of the park with this gift:
This is such a me book--emotional and touching, and I recommend it so hard. Unless you are pregnant, then wait. ;)
Wow, lol, realizing how many good books I read this year--and this isn't all of them. Ha!
Olley White is new to the MM writing scene and is an author going places! I've REALLY enjoyed her stuff, and can't wait for more.
is so much fun. Sweet, sexy, and slow-burn!
-- this one got me teary and emotional, and I loved every minute of it. Rowan Speedwell is another new-to-me author that a friend of mine urged me to try and boy am I glad I did.
On the Fan Fic side . . . my fave read was
. Snarky and funny and Stiles is unbelievably daft r.e. his sexuality, but it cracked me up.
As for other YA books: I really got into
As for books for kids, my fave read to my son this year was:
Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock keep producing good quality and fun reading books.
So many talented authors! So many wonderful books. And these are just a few.
But I can't end this list without mentioning Natasha Snow, who has designed some of the BEST book covers in the MM genre this year. Just WOW. Such quality! Such an eye for design.
I wish I could link right to all of the covers she's designed because there are so many and are so wonderful. I'll settle for showcasing just a couple though:
(I know the last two are my own books, but I really LOVE the covers. Thank you, Natasha Snow!)
And that's it for 2014 in books this year. ;)
